John Milbank

John Milbank
Milbank seated at a panel
Milbank in October 2014
Born
Alasdair John Milbank

(1952-10-23) 23 October 1952 (age 71)
Kings Langley, England
Spouse
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(m. 1978)​
ChildrenSebastian Milbank
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisThe Priority of the Made (1986)
Doctoral advisorLeon Pompa
Influences
Academic work
Discipline
  • Theology
  • philosophy
Sub-discipline
School or tradition
Institutions
Doctoral students
Notable works
Notable ideasRadical orthodoxy
Influenced

Alasdair John Milbank (born 23 October 1952) is an English Anglo-Catholic theologian and is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Nottingham,[28] where he is President of the Centre of Theology and Philosophy.[29] Milbank previously taught at the University of Virginia and before that at the University of Cambridge and the University of Lancaster. He is also chairman of the trustees of the think tank ResPublica.

Milbank founded the radical orthodoxy movement.[30] His work crosses disciplinary boundaries, integrating subjects such as systematic theology, social theory, ethics, aesthetics, philosophy, political theory, and political theology. He first gained recognition after publishing Theology and Social Theory in 1990, which laid the theoretical foundations for the movement which later became known as radical orthodoxy. In recent years he has collaborated on three books with philosopher Slavoj Žižek and Creston Davis, entitled Theology and the Political: The New Debate (2005), The Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic (2009), and Paul's New Moment: Continental Philosophy and the Future of Christian Theology (2010). Milbank delivered the Stanton Lectures at Cambridge in 2011.[31] Milbank's friendship and substantial intellectual common ground with David Bentley Hart has been noted several times by both thinkers.[32]

  1. ^ a b c Milbank, John (19 February 2016). "Interview: John Milbank, Theologian". Church Times. Interviewed by Davison, Andrew. London. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  2. ^ Doerksen, Paul G. (2000). "For and Against Milbank: A Critical Discussion of John Milbank's Construal of Ontological Peace" (PDF). The Conrad Grebel Review. 18 (1): 50. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  3. ^ Long, D. Stephen (2000). Divine Economy: Theology and the Market. Radical Orthodoxy. London: Routledge. p. 251. ISBN 978-1-134-58888-6.
  4. ^ a b Eugenio, Dick O. (2014). Communion with the Triune God: The Trinitarian Soteriology of T. F. Torrance. Princeton Theological Monograph Series. Vol. 204. Eugene, Oregon: Penwick Publications. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-62564-036-9.
  5. ^ Jobling, J'annine; Markham, Ian S., eds. (2000). Theological Liberalism: Creative and Critical. London: SPCK. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-281-05361-2.
  6. ^ Lyons, Nathan Edward (2014). Being Is Double: Jean-Luc Marion and John Milbank on God, Being and Analogy (PDF) (MPhil thesis). Australian Catholic University. p. i. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  7. ^ Gay, Doug (2013). Honey from the Lion: Christian Theology and the Ethics of Nationalism. London: SCM Press. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-334-04647-9.
  8. ^ Moseley, Carys (2013). Nationhood, Providence, and Witness: Israel in Protestant Theology and Social Theory. Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-62189-676-0.
  9. ^ Fawcett, Brett (28 October 2021). "The Canadian Socrates: Analyzing George Grant's Theopolitical Project". The Canadian Journal for Scholarship and the Christian Faith. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  10. ^ Bushlack, Thomas J. (2015). Politics for a Pilgrim Church: A Thomistic Theory of Civic Virtue. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-8028-7090-2.
  11. ^ White, Vernon (2016) [2000]. "The Future of Theology". In Percy, Martyn (ed.). Calling Time: Religion and Change at the Turn of the Millennium. London: Bloomsbury Academic. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-4742-8116-4.
  12. ^ Richardson, Graeme (2003). "Integrity and Realism: Assessing John Milbank's Theology". New Blackfriars. 84 (988): 268–280. doi:10.1111/j.1741-2005.2003.tb06299.x. ISSN 1741-2005. JSTOR 43250725.
  13. ^ Caputo, John D. (2009). "Review of The Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic?, by Slavoj Žižek and John Milbank". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. ISSN 1538-1617. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  14. ^ Nicholas, Kyle (22 October 2015). "The Progress and Future of Radical Orthodoxy". TELOSscope. Candor, New York: Telos Press Publishing. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  15. ^ Bell, Daniel M. Jr. (2004). "State and Civil Society". In Scott, Peter; Cavanaugh, William T. (eds.). The Blackwell Companion to Political Theology. Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion. Vol. 40. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing. p. 433. ISBN 978-0-470-99735-2.
  16. ^ Kettle, Martin (15 September 2016). "Brexit was a revolt against liberalism. We've entered a new political era". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2 March 2023. But it is striking that this week saw the publication of a book by John Milbank and Adrian Pabst, which takes post-liberalism as an established reality and as the starting point for the examination of a new kind of politics based on a vision of social and personal virtue and what the authors dub conservative socialism.
  17. ^ Cite error: The named reference Cowling 2001, p. 372 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  18. ^ Harris, John (8 August 2009). "Phillip Blond: The Man Who Wrote Cameron's Mood Music". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  19. ^ Leithart, Peter J. (28 January 2019). "John Milbank: A Guide for the Perplexed". Mere Orthodoxy. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  20. ^ Kennedy, Paul (2007). "On Radical Orthodoxy". Ideas (Podcast). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Event occurs at 0:05:57–0:06:12. Retrieved 11 February 2018 – via Centre of Theology and Philosophy.
  21. ^ "Dr. D. Aaron Riches". Granada, Spain: Institute of Philosophy "Edith Stein". Archived from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  22. ^ Rowe, Terra S. (2016). "Grace and Climate Change: The Free Gift in Capitalism and Protestantism". In Dahill, Lisa E.; Martin-Schramm, James B. (eds.). Eco-Reformation: Grace and Hope for a Planet in Peril. Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books. p. 263. ISBN 978-1-4982-2546-5.
  23. ^ Placher, William C. (7 September 2004). "God's Beauty". The Christian Century. Vol. 121, no. 18. Chicago. p. 42. ISSN 0009-5281. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  24. ^ Ruether, Rosemary Radford (2006). "The Postmodern as Premodern: The Theology of D. Stephen Long". In Ruether, Rosemary Radford; Grau, Marion (eds.). Interpreting the Postmodern: Responses to "Radical Orthodoxy". New York: T&T Clark. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-567-02880-8.
  25. ^ Oliver, Simon (2005). Philosophy, God and Motion. Abingdon, England: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-23755-5.
  26. ^ Shortt, Rupert (2005). God's Advocates: Christian Thinkers in Conversation. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-8028-3084-5.
  27. ^ Smith, James K. A. (17 December 2015). "Christmas, 2015: Dr. James K.A. Smith". The Anglican Planet. Interviewed by Careless, Sue. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  28. ^ "Department of Theology and Religious Studies: John Milbank". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  29. ^ "Staff". Centre of Theology and Philosophy. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  30. ^ Leithart, Peter. "John Milbank: A Guide for the Perplexed - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture". mereorthodoxy.com. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  31. ^ "Stanton Lectures". Cambridge University. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  32. ^ "'You Are Gods' with David Bentley Hart and John Milbank". University of Notre Dame Press. Retrieved 16 November 2021.